Customer Feedback

A selection of references and testimonials from customers and industry partners.

	“By working in close partnership with Centralis, we have been able to ensure that all personnel are provided with a reliable and consistent user interface, no matter where they are and updates can be implemented in a matter of minutes.” Stan Hughes, IT Project Manager, LGC
	“Our aim was to bring all sites and employees under one centralised solution. Through working with Centralis our IT infrastructure is now robust and flexible, allowing us to drive the company forward into the future with confidence.” Dave Boulton, Infrastructure Project Manager, Speedy Hire
	"Centralis is a Citrix Platinum Partner, an invitation only programme open to those partners truly committed and capable of delivering the Citrix Delivery Center and the full range of Citrix technologies. Renowned for its consultancy expertise, in the last 12 months Centralis has made great strides doubling its year on year Citrix sales performance and establishing one of the UK's leading application delivery sales and implementation practices." Kevin Bland, Director, Channel Sales, UK & Ireland
	“We decided to implement XenDesktop as it fitted our needs perfectly at this particular time. We have further plans to work with Centralis in the future, so I look forward to seeing the full benefits of the VDI deployment over the coming months”. Ken Wilkes, Senior Technical Consultant, Solihull MBC
∆ Top of page

	"We've been able to create a remote environment that enables clinicians to have access to the applications they require but at the same time enforce the highest level of security for confidential patient records." Jon Reed, Director of ICT, The Royal Marsden Hospital
	"Overall, Butler Group believes that the Centralis approach is ideal for any UK-based company faced with tasks such as distributing a large and/or critical set of applications to diverse user groups quickly; implementing an OS upgrade; outsourcing/off-shoring engagements; replacing PCs with thin clients; or simply in an initiative to optimise desktop management." Butler Group Technical Audit, August 2008
	"There were some gaps in my understanding of how things would finally work when I proposed a whole organisation adoption of Citrix for all of our 150+ applications. The Centralis demonstration brought to life the way that I had anticipated it working. It was also inspirational to see the relevant technologies coming together so neatly." Bill Remmer, Assistant IT Director, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
∆ Top of page
	"Everyone was very impressed by the progress Centralis has made over the last year in developing a working infrastructure model combining conditional access with virtual desktops and application streaming. It was particularly useful to see the disparate products coming together into a logical and clear operating model; something that's been lacking from the vendors themselves for quite some time." Ewen Bruce, Mobile Services Architect, Standard Life plc
	"We engaged Centralis because of their understanding of our needs and reputation for delivering on their promises. Their project met all our expectations, and we were confident enough in the quality of service provided to award Centralis the contract to manage the Citrix environment as an outsourced service." Nick Atkins, Head of IT&T, University Of The Arts London
	"When an Organisation seeks to exploit leading edge technology, you need to recognise that you need a partner who is an expert to make success easier. In Centralis BUPA found experts who also matched our delivery approach in every way and best of all kept to their promises." Ian Shaw, Head of IT Services, BUPA
∆ Top of page
	"In Tesco, Citrix provides access to email, word processing, spreadsheets as well as mainframe applications that provide stock control and people management to staff working in 1200 stores. Tesco asked Centralis to review the way Citrix was used and found a number of ways to improve the service. Centralis have been able to provide product knowledge and practical advice to understand the benefits of correctly configuring the management services for Citrix deployments such as load balancing and licence management, which has made the service more resilient." Toni Lord, Desktop and Servers Lead Service Manager, Tesco
	"The project was completed to our complete satisfaction....We were extremely impressed with the professionalism that the Centralis consultants showed throughout, the depth of knowledge they had of Citrix and its surrounding technologies, and the level of expertise they showed in executing the phases of the installation. Initial testing has gone extremely well, with very positive feedback from users" Chris Bulley, Systems Support Officer, Mid Sussex District Council
	"Pleasant and professional experts in the Citrix field. Whilst clearly very experienced in all things Citrix there is no feeling of arrogance or indeed being "all consultant". To the contrary , Centralis displayed a completely sensible and grounded approach to dealing with the situation and were always listening and reacting to the customer. A worthwhile experience which both achieved and exceeded the original brief. I would certainly do business with Centralis again" Barry Stelling, IT Manager, Marriott Hotels (Whitbread plc)
∆ Top of page
	"The impact Centralis made to moving things forward during a very difficult time was amazing. It was clear from the terms of reference that Centralis were experts in Citrix, they instantly wanted to understand our business and the issues it faced. They were able to exceed our expectations on extremely tight deadlines, delivering quality documents and plans to get us back on track. A fantastic experience, we would definitely do business with Centralis again" Alistair Norman, IT Services Manager, David Lloyd Leisure
	"All the objectives of the project were met including a number of changes and additions, and the whole process proved thoroughly worthwhile. Always professional and helpful, the consultants paid great attention to detail and went out of their way to accommodate changing and evolving requirements. Speaking from a technical perspective, it was obvious that the consultants had a thorough understanding of our complex technical environment and considerable technical expertise in the Citrix, Microsoft and Novell technologies involved. Equally importantly, they understood what it was we were looking to achieve and provided a number of helpful suggestions and improvements to the service." Dave Williamson, Infrastructure Development Manager, University of Warwick
	"Working with Centralis has allowed the AA to maintain the build quality, integrity and resilience of the Patrols laptop PC improving reliability and availability of the systems for the patrol. This in turn has helped to maintain a low cost base for the general support of the laptops." Chris Bailey, Head of Business Systems, The AA
∆ Top of page
	"To sum up my feedback in one sentence, it has to be Centralis' willingness to go that extra mile on the RNLI's behalf, exceeding what was required of them contractually on a number of occasions." Richard Miles, IS Manager, RNLI
	"We initially engaged Centralis to undertake a review of our Citrix-based remote access solution. We were impressed by their structured approach that demonstrated a clear knowledge and expertise, together with an ability to deliver. As a result of this successful engagement, we have continued to work closely with Centralis to develop and improve our Citrix/Novell infrastructure that provides our global workforce with access to key Standard Life applications." Andrew Gordon, Standard Life
	"Centralis demonstrated a professional approach to planning and implementing the virtualised solution, overcoming any technical challenge presented to them and delivering to a tight timescale." Steve Conway, IT Manager, Permal Investment Management Services Ltd.
∆ Top of page
	"Centralis are very well known and respected for their high-level infrastructure skills and methodology-driven approach, and are exactly the right profile for a top-level VMWare partner." Lewis Gee, Senior Director, VMWare
	"Centralis have an established track record in enterprise-scale application deployment, and their independent selection of AdminStudio as the 'best of breed' toolset is a welcome endorsement. We are very pleased to announce this new partnership as an endorsement of their skills in delivering standard, reliable software installations to their customers." Adam Blackshaw, EMEA Channels Director, Macrovision
∆ Top of page
	"The Citrix project was driven by a business model which promised both support cost and infrastructure savings and the opportunity to expand access for staff and students. We have now met all our main project objectives and now have the added confidence that the Citrix environment is maintained by Centralis as a managed service, backed by the prompt response from their helpdesk." Nick Atkins, Head of IT&T, University Of The Arts London
	"Ensuring new server builds comply with existing standards is always a challenge; especially when these standards move each month with the release of new hotfixes and printer models. Harvester's features give us the ability to ensure each server complies with our reference build quickly and simply. This gives us added confidence our build is correct and as a result has decreased our server time-to-deployment by an enormous margin. Without Harvester we'd need substantial manual effort to finalise each build. Harvester saves us valuable time." Roy Farr, Principal Wintel Specialist, Centrica IS
	"Our major concern when implementing Citrix...was the integration with Novell...Centralis were able to provide us with the knowledge and technical expertise to integrate Novell with Microsoft and Citrix - Two clicks of a mouse and our Novell users are able to login to the Citrix farm using their current credentials. Password synchronisation is also taken care of – Fantastic!" Paul Brown, Network Manager, Capital Radio
∆ Top of page
	"RMC initially engaged Centralis to overcome a major problem. They came highly recommended by Citrix Consulting Services and we were very pleased with the results of their work. RMC were particularly impressed with the skills of the Centralis consultants and with their commitment to getting us over our issues within the very tight deadlines. The success of the initial engagement gave us real confidence in Centralis’ knowledge and experience and we have gone on to use their services to develop our overall Citrix Access Strategy." Martin Lawson, IS Development Manager, RMC
	"I was aware of Centralis and their considerable expertise in this field and invited them to propose a solution which met our present and future needs using a scalable solution based on Citrix. The solution provided is both scalable and secure, it will enable us to deliver applications to clinical staff irrespective of distance, in real time wherever they are" Dave Rose, IM&T Technical Architect, University Hospitals of Leicester
	"Centralis have delivered a managed desktop for Centrica's mobile workers which has reduced the return to base rate for laptop PCs by two thirds. This approach supports thousands of our engineers in the field by providing them with a user interface designed specifically for their job, and supports Centrica by reducing our support costs for this vital group of users." Peter Christie, Mobile Solutions Manger, Centrica plc
∆ Top of page
	"Centralis is a Citrix Solution Advisor Platinum partner – a program which is invitation only for resellers who build a business on Application Delivery Infrastructure and those that consistently execute well against objectives and goals. These partners are highly limited in number and are very tightly connected to the Citrix sales, technical and marketing teams. " Kevin Bland, Director of Channel Sales, Citrix Systems
	"I am impressed with both the quality of the service provided and of the people who deliver it." Terry Ward, I.S. Operations Manager, NSK
	"We see Centralis as one our key technology partners, working together to provide a solution which will deliver real benefits in patient care" Durgesh Parmar, Technical Business Analyst, University Hospitals of Leicester
∆ Top of page
	"When engaging with Centralis, we expected competence in specific areas because that's why they had been recommended to us - and that's what the contract promised! What we didn't expect however was the level to which the consultant assigned took it upon himself to own issues and deliver resolutions in associated areas that would have a major impact on deliverables. This emphasis on providing a solution as opposed to a set of completed tasks has been a major "plus" in our experiences to date" Tony Rucinski, Deputy IT Director, Cardiff University
	"We approached Centralis in order to regain stability of our existing Citrix infrastructure that had become uncontrollable and unstable. Centralis provided all the technical assistance and guidance onsite and remotely. Complemented with a full outsourced service, this now allows us to concentrate on the running of our business with a stable IT system. Business confidence has been fully regained as we now have a solid, robust and well maintained Citrix farm, all provided for by Centralis" Mark James, IT Technical Services Manager, Crest Nicholson plc
	"Working with Centralis has been a rewarding experience. Always objective and highly knowledgeable, our consultant has shown himself to be as adept at participating in our implementation planning group as he is at building and testing servers. We have received excellent business advice and always know there will be a patient, informed and pro-active response to all our requests" Malcolm Johnston, Chair of Thin Client working group, University Of The Arts London
	"Centralis has brought the remote users into an environment that we can now support. We can resolve any faults centrally and manage and upgrade software centrally." Peter Christie, Mobile Solutions Manger, Centrica plc
∆ Top of page